New To You Spotlight: UK Folk/Americana duo Ferris & Sylvester

"We wanted to make our first video as personal as
possible so we filmed it in our favourite spots. It is completely raw and
honest. We had a great time with it and Ben did an amazing job in capturing the
feel of the song.”

Folk/alt-country/Americana/Blues duo Ferris & Sylvester are a London
based duo made up of Issy Ferris
and Archie Sylvester. The two met as
solo musicians, battling through the carnage that is London’s vibrant music
scene and started writing together. In early 2016, Ferris & Sylvester’s
thoughtfully crafted song writing caught the ear of legendaryproducer
Youth (Paul McCartney/The Verve/
Crowded House). The pair recorded their first record with 4 track THE YELLOW LINE EP (tagged Folk;
released June 23, 2017 UK iTunes)
with Youth in his Space Mountain Studios, Spain.

With clear references in their catchy folk setup to the
mid-60s sounds of NYC’s Greenwich Village such as Bob Dylan and Simon &
Garfunkel, the duo also sit firmly amongst contemporaries like Laura Marling
and Ray Lamontagne. Their clever combination of Archie’s blues influence and
Issy’s soft folk tone has created a distinctive genre of their own.

‘We were both part of the same music scene in Camden until
eventually we met and started doing some writing together. Since then, we’ve
spent most of our days locked away in Archie’s bedroom, writing and recording.
Early last year, we took our scruffy demos and unpolished material over to see
legendary producer Martin ‘Youth’ Glover and stumbled through a few new songs
in his front room. A few months later, we were recording our debut EP with
Youth and his amazing team in his studio in Sierra Nevada. It’s been a great
year - touring Ireland, releasing our EP, and working with some incredible
people.’

Ferris & Sylvester released the video for their new
single ‘Berlin’ (released May 26, 2017) which premiered with The Independent.

Elsewhere on the EP, ‘Cold Summer’ is a heart-warming folk
ballad with themes of loneliness among distinct harmonies and stunning strings,
while ‘This Is What You Get’ closes the EP with a smooth
blues-influence.

They shared with Noctis Mag.com:
“The Yellow Line EP is our first record
as Ferris & Sylvester. For both of us, it felt essential that our first
release was centred around our storytelling. Each song tells a different story;
from sitting on a busy train at rush hour, to pining for the memory of someone
lost, to begging for a broken heart, to getting your heart broken. We feel it
sets the tone for what’s to come with our music.”

Their EP Launch (Facebook Post)
took place on Wed, July 12, 2017 at The
Half Moon, Putney (joined by Joe Corbin)

The bittersweet love song
‘Save Yourself’ has received support from BBC Radio 2 (Morning Acoustic BBC Playlist)
and BBC Introducing (Webpage).

Sounds Like: Dreamy, deceptively lovely folk-pop that tickles
the ear and softens you up for the thornier sentiments contained therein

For Fans of: The Civil Wars, the Swell Season, hard truths
set to song

Why You Should Pay Attention: Issy Ferris and Archie
Sylvester were playing London's gig grind separately before joining together
last year in a duo that spotlights Ferris' gorgeously dusky singing voice and
their immaculate harmonies.......Read More

(EP Review) It’s
artists such as Ferris and Sylvester and some of my favourites like previously
mentioned Mazzy Star and another favourite Mindy Smith that have a rarity in
the sense of being completely captivating and endlessly playable with no
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